Class of 2005

Bob   Church

William   Corbin

The   Birkett Mills

Bob   Cleeves

Jim   Clar

Renee   (Diemoz) Wager

Michelle   Harris

Kara   (Haun) Rehbaum

Steve   Mack

Amy   Dreschler-Margolis

Roger   Smith

 

Coaches:

Bob Church

A   34-year physical education teacher, he returned to his Alma Mater and spent 20   years at Penn Yan Central, where he coached the women’s basketball team   (1981-1999), compiling a Varsity coaching record of 314-96 (.766). He was   twice selected as the Democrat and Chronicle (1986, 1987), and five Section V   Coach of the Year Awards.
 

William Corbin:

He was the Varsity Basketball   Coach at Brockport High School (1969-1988), where he taught mathematics. He   amassed a career Varsity record of 274-104 (.719). During those 20 years, his   teams won eight Monroe County League Championships, and were Section V   Finalists twice. He was rewarded as Coach of the year twice. Recently was one   of three Charter Inductees into the Brockport High School Wall of Fame.

Contributors:

The Birkett Mills of Penn Yan:

A   long-time solid supporter of Section V athletics, The Birkett Mills of Penn   Yan began its relationship by becoming a corporate sponsor of Section V Boys’   Basketball in 1986 by sponsoring the Players and Coaches Brunch. At the time   of induction, the company engaged in their 20th year of sponsorship of   Section V Boys’ Basketball, and had also been involved for several years as a   sponsor for Girls’ Basketball. Representing Birkett Mills will be long-time   personal supporters, Wayne W. Wagner, President, and Jeff Gifford, Chief   Operating Officer.

Administrators:

Bob Cleeves

He   played basketball for Avoca High (1959-1962), but became involved with   Section V Boys’ Basketball in a variety of ways on the Administrative level   in 1972, when, as a coach at Jasper High, he also began a long tenure as the   League Chairman of the Steuben County League (1972-1989). He was named   Section V Coach of the Year in 1976. In 1989, he accepted the   responsibilities as Assistant Chairman of Boys’ Basketball, a position he   held until 2002, directing Section V coordination of the Southern Tier. In   2003, he was presented with the Mark Vienna Memorial Section V Boys’ Basketball Service Award.

Players:

Jim Clar

He was   the starting point guard for Gates Chili (1982-1985), and was named to the   Section V All-Tournament Team twice (1984, 1985). When he graduated from   Gates-Chili, he held the school records for assists and steals for a single   game, a season and a career. He took his talents to Geneseo State, where he   was a three-time MVP while playing at the point. He established numerous   records at Geneseo, including most points in a career (1818), and a season   (651), most assists in a season, a game and a career*, most steals in a   game*, a season*, and a career*, and most 3-point field goals. (Items marked   * still existed at the time of his induction.) He was a three time team MVP   (’87-’89), and was named to the SUNYAC 1st Team three times ’87-’89), The   ECAC 1st Team twice (’88, ’89), and was the SUNYAC Player of the Year (1988).

Renee (Diemoz) Wager

She was   a Varsity player at Keshequa Central (1978-1981), where she authored the   record book for girls’ basketball in the days before the three point shot,   and when the seasons consisted of 13 regular season games. At the time of her   induction, some 25 years later, she will still hold the records for the most   points in a game (37), a season (375), averaging for a season (22.1), career   points (1,123) and career assists and steals. She also scored in double   figures for the last 51 consecutive games of her career. She was the Section   V Tournament MVP in 1980. An all-around athlete, she lettered 16 times while   a student at Keshequa, earning four letters each in soccer, volleyball,   basketball and softball. She took her court talents to St. John Fisher   College, where she played 1981-1985. At the time of her graduation, she had   become the tenth all-time scorer for Fisher, had served as team captain her   last two years, and was honored with numerous awards by Rochester media and   the ECAC. In 1998, she was inducted into the St. John Fisher Hall of Fame for   soccer and basketball.

Michelle Harris

A 1987   graduate of Rochester Wilson Magnet High School, she set several records   which still existed at the time of her induction, including career points   (1,276), career rebounds (1,155), and most points in a single game (43). She   was named to the All-City Team four times (’84-’87), was the MVP of the City   League (’86). She was named to the Democrat and Chronicle All Greater   Rochester Team twice (’86, ’87), the Times Union Super Fifteen Team (’86),   and was named Co-Player of the Year for the Super 15 team in ’87. During that   senior season, she was recognized on the local, state and national level,   when she also was named to the All-State team, and achieved Converse   All-American status. Her college career saw her move to the Division I NCAA   level, playing one year at Villanova University and three years at Canisius   College. She has been a three-time performer in basketball at the New York   State Empire State Games.

Kara (Haun) Rehbaum

A 1980   graduate of Irondequoit High School, she set records for the most career   points (1,046) and rebounding (859). She was a three-time All-County   selection (’78-’80), and was named to the Section V All-Tournament Team   (’77-’78). In her senior year, she was named to the Democrat and Chronicle’s   All-Greater Rochester First Team, and was the Rochester Times Union’s Player   of the Year. She played college basketball at Canisius College, where she set   records for all-time scoring (1,661), all-time rebounding (1075*), games   played (119*), and games started (118*). [* indicates that the record still   exists.] In her senior year at Canisius, she was recognized as the R.T.   French Player of the Year in Division II College Basketball, Team MVP, and   Co-Player of the Year in the Upstate Conference. She was drafted by the   Atlanta Comets of the Women’s American Basketball Conference, and played for   one year, when the league was disbanded. Basketball still remains in her   blood, and after a stint of coaching at Canisus, she now is in her second   year as Head Women’s Coach and Assistant Athletic Director at Hilbert College   in Buffalo.

Steve Mack

He played center/forward for   Rush-Henrietta Roth High, where he led his teammates to the 1980 Section V   Championship in Class AA, and was named the Section V Tournament MVP. Roth   went on to the New York State Championships, where they lost by only two   points to Bellport, L.I. before the hometown crowd at the Rochester Institute   of Technology. He was named twice to the Monroe County First Team (’79,’80),   and in his senior year, the All-Greater Rochester First Team, and the New   York State Fifth Team. His college career took him to Hilbert Junior College   and Hartford College. He was named a Junior College All-American (’82), and   twice was named to the All Penn York Conference. He was honored with All   Conference recognition while at Hartford (’84), and was ranked 4th nationally   for rebounding that same year. His basketball interests continued when he   served as an assistant coach for Livonia High (2001-2004).

Amy Dreshler-Margolis

She is a graduate of Greece Athena   High School (’97), where she began playing Varsity basketball as an eighth   grader (’93), when she was selected to the Monroe County 2nd team. During her   five-year basketball career, her teams built an overall record of 100-16. She   scored 1,362 points, collected 682 rebounds and blocked 213 shots. Awards and   recognition earned include: Three times selected for the Monroe County First   Team, and once as a member of the second team. She was the Monroe County   Division I Player of the Year in 1997. A three-time Section V All-Tournament   selection, she was also recognized by local media and named three times to   the Democrat and Chronicle’s All-Greater Rochester Team and the Times Union’s   Super 15 Team. She set Athena records for a single season in Field Goal   Shooting Percentage (54%), Free Throw Shooting Percentage (82%), Blocked   Shots (55), and a career record for blocked shots (213). On the national   level, she was the first Rochester Area female to be selected as a pre-season   High School All-American candidate by Street and Smith’s, and in 1997, was a   nominee for the NIKE/WBCA High School All-American Team. A gifted athlete,   she also earned Varsity letters in softball, tennis and track and field. Her   efforts were rewarded with a four-year full scholarship to NCAA Division I   Providence College.

Roger Smith

He played three years at Geneseo   Central, all as a starter (’59-’61) and broke an existing single game scoring   record (37 points). In his three years on the Varsity, he scored 1,323   points, in a time when there was not a three-point shot. That record still   exists at the time of his induction. He led his team to its first and only   undefeated season in 1960, and the school’s first Section V Championship,   then continued the drive in his senior, when his team won a second   consecutive Section V Championship, suffering only one loss. He was a Section   V Tournament All-Tourney Selection in 1960 and 1961, winning the MVP award   both times. He played college ball at Alfred Tech, and also returned to his   Alma Mater and coach JV basketball at Geneseo for three years. An Air Force   Veteran, ha served in Viet Nam for 18 months, and is retired from the U. S.   Postal Service.